diff --git a/src/app/exhaleApp.cpp b/src/app/exhaleApp.cpp
index edbf134..131d80e 100644
--- a/src/app/exhaleApp.cpp
+++ b/src/app/exhaleApp.cpp
@@ -83,6 +83,18 @@ int main (const int argc, char* argv[])
     return 32768;  // bad executable string
   }
 
+  // print program header with compile info in plain text if we pass -V
+  if (argc > 1 && (strcmp(argv[1], "-V") == 0 || strcmp(argv[1], "-v") == 0))
+  {
+#if defined (_WIN64) || defined (WIN64) || defined (_LP64) || defined (__LP64__) || defined (__x86_64) || defined (__x86_64__)
+    fprintf_s(stdout, "exhale %s.%s%s (x64)\n",
+#else // 32-bit OS
+    fprintf_s(stdout, "exhale %s.%s%s (x86)\n",
+#endif
+        EXHALELIB_VERSION_MAJOR, EXHALELIB_VERSION_MINOR, EXHALELIB_VERSION_BUGFIX);
+    return 0;
+  }
+
   // print program header with compile info
   fprintf_s (stdout, "\n  ---------------------------------------------------------------------\n");
   fprintf_s (stdout, " | ");